Romanian government wins confidence vote after split
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta won a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday, as expected, securing a new mandate to push through a series of IMF-backed reforms aimed at speeding up growth in the European Union’s second-poo…
Pistorius gets emotional at graphic evidence
PRETORIA (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius buried his head in his hands and wiped away tears after a South African court on Tuesday heard grisly details of the killing of his girlfriend, the first sign of emotion from the track star in his two-day murder tri…
Rains bring further misery for Central Africa’s displaced
BANGUI (Reuters) – An early start to the rainy season in Central African Republic has worsened the plight of hundreds of thousands of people sheltering from religious violence in makeshift camps, raising the risk of malaria and dysentery, aid workers s…
Nigerian army losing grip on northeast as Islamists rampage
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military is losing control of swathes of the largely Muslim northeast to radical Islamist insurgents who are killing civilians almost daily, and the run-up to elections next year risks aggravating the violence further.
Bahrain puts groups on terrorism list after bomb kills three police
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain blacklisted three anti-government groups as terrorist organizations on Tuesday, a day after a bomb killed two local policemen and an officer from the United Arab Emirates, state news agency BNA said.
U.N. says Central Africa, South Sudan refugees ‘in poor shape’, children hardest hit
GENEVA (Reuters) – People fleeing conflicts in Central African Republic and South Sudan are growing increasingly sick and hungry with children particularly at risk, United Nations aid agencies said on Tuesday.
Syrian doctors struggle to care for mentally ill and traumatized
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Kosovo to create national army of 5,000 soldiers
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s government ordered the creation of a national army on Tuesday by upgrading a lightly armed civil response force six years after the majority-Albanian country seceded from Serbia.
Italy issues arrest warrants, seizes assets in Rome mafia crackdown
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for 16 suspected mafia members and seized millions of euros in assets as part of a crackdown on organized crime clans in Rome.
India to announce parliamentary election dates on March 5
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will announce the dates of a parliamentary election on March 5, the election commission said on Tuesday.
